President Henry B. Eyring was recently called to serve as counselor to a fourth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

He’s well known to Latter-day Saints, having served in the First Presidency since October 2007. Yet through interviews , decades of journal entries , general conference addresses and more than 1,000 small-scale watercolor paintings , President Eyring — nicknamed “Hal” — is also know as a man who, like most, has been “ proved ” by the Lord, time and time again.

“Long ago I sought to learn physics and mathematics in my college years,” the 92-year-old apostle said in his most recent general conference address .

“I felt overwhelmed,” he continued, adding that “the more I felt overwhelmed, the less I felt the strength to keep trying.”

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